India batter KL Rahul has been dominated out of the third Take a look at in opposition to England by means of damage.
Rahul additionally missed the second Take a look at in Visakhapatnam with a thigh subject, which India gained to degree the sequence 1-1.
It’s but to be confirmed whether or not all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will return to the XI after a hamstring damage.
Devdutt Padikkal replaces Rahul in an already depleted India squad, with star batter Virat Kohli confirmed to overlook the rest of the sequence.
The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) added that Rahul “has reached 90% match health” and is predicted to return for the fourth and fifth Assessments.
The third Take a look at begins in Rajkot on Thursday 15 February.
Center order batter Shreyas Iyer was additionally not named within the squad for the remaining three Assessments, leaving a comparatively inexperienced batting line-up if Jadeja is dominated unfit.
India squad for third Take a look at: Rohit Sharma (capt), Jasprit Bumrah, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep.